Mercier, Charles. A Manual of the Electro-chemical Treatment of Seeds.
Pub. University of London. 1919 pp.viii, 134 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A good to vg. hdbk. in sunned boards. Very scarce.
A fascinating account of how, through the electrification of seeds, an increase in the crop grown can be achieved.
£40.00 [ref: 51675]

Messenger, Guy. Flora of Rutland.
Leicester Museums, 1971. Pp.128 with col. frontis., b/w plates & numerous distrib. maps. VG, in slightly repaired dw.
£10.00 [ref: 15072]

Metcalf, L. A Photographic Guide to Trees of New Zealand.
1st. Ed. Pub. New Holland. 2002 pp.128 with col. photos. & dist. maps throughout. Small 8vo. A fine softback.
An ideal pocket-size guide.
£5.00 [ref: 50244]

Metcalf, L. Ferns of New Zealand. A Photographic Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. New Holland. 2003 pp.132 with col. photos. & dist. maps. Small 8vo. Fine softback.
A pocket guide to the 108 species of ferns and fern allies to be seen whilst journeying around the New Zealand countryside.
£10.00 [ref: 69162]

Michel, M.R. The Floral Art of Pierre-Joseph Redoute.
1st. Ed. Pub. Frances Lincoln. 2002 pp.viii,112 with many full-page col. reproductions, and col. and b/w., text illus. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Published to coincide with the first exhibition of his work in the USA, this book presents a wide selection of Redoute’s work. The undisputed master of botanical illustration, his art represents a unique fusion of botanical precision and artistic elegance.
£30.00 [ref: 66315]

Michie, C.Y. The Larch. A practical treatise on its culture and general management.
New Ed. Pub. Blackwood & Sons. 1885 pp.xxvi, 284 with tables, illus. and 3 photographic plates. 8vo. Signature. Hardback. Contents in fine condition. Original cloth with gilt decoration in fine condition. A superb copy. Loosely inserted and contained in a small polythene packet, is a short newspaper item from the ‘Daily Dispatch’ of 1908, on the first larch to be planted in Scotland.
With an introduction on the Larch disease.
£95.00 [ref: 65813]

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Michie, C.Y. The Larch. A practical treatise on its culture and general management.
New Ed. Pub. Blackwood & Sons. 1885 pp.xxvi, 284 with tables (on being fold-out), illus. and 4 plates. 8vo. Hardback. Contents in nr. fine condition. Original cloth with gilt decoration lightly rubbed to extremities o/w. fine.
The new edition with an introduction on the Larch disease.
£49.50 [ref: 64637]

Mikhaleva, N.D. Orchidees Lorraines. Emile Galle et les freres Daum.
1st. Ed. Pub. St. Petersburg, Russia. 1999 pp.175 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine softback. Text mainly in Russian with French captions.
A catalogue of an exhibition of French applied arts held by the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
£30.00 [ref: 66341]

Miller Jr., O.K. Mushrooms of North America.
5th. Printing Pub. E.P. Dutton. 1981 pp.368 with 292 col. photos. plus line drawings to rear. 8vo. Fine softback in thor. vg. dw.
A comprehensive, well illustrated field guide with a key to determine in which major group a mushroom belongs and 72 other keys to determine exact species. A total of 680 species are considered.
£6.00 [ref: 72446]

Miller, A. and Morris, M. Plants of Dhofar. The Southern Region of Oman. Traditional, Economic and Medicinal Uses.
1st. Ed. Pub. Sultanate of Oman. 1988 pp.xxvii, 361 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This in-depth flora documents the plants of Dhofar in the south of Oman and contains extensive notes on their traditional, economic, and medicinal uses.
£90.00 [ref: 68212]